function y = createElementContainer(C,H,ft)
y = struct( 'stress',[0 0 0]',...
        'constitutiveMatrix',C,...
        'renh',[],...
        'Xi',[0 0]',...
        'Xi_old',[0 0]',...
        'ue_old',[0 0 0 0 0 0]',...
        'isActivated',1,...
        'isCrack',0,...
        'H',H,...
        'ft',ft,...
        'lGamma',0,...
        'crack_normal',[],...
        'Ge',[],...
        'Gc',[],...
        'Kdxi',[],...
        'Kxid',[],...
        'Kxixi',[],...
        'Intersect1',[],...
        'Intersect2',[]);
end
